ICE Agents Arrest More Than 280 Employees at Texas Company

Last week, immigration agents apprehended over 280 employees at a north Texas telecommunication repair company in what is considered the largest bust in more than 10 years, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The agency carried out criminal search warrants at CVE Technology Group — located 25 miles north of Dallas — and four businesses linked to it. Katrina Berger, Homeland Security Investigations’ Dallas special agent in charge, told reporters that the agency started an investigation in January after multiple tips suggested that the company may have hired undocumented immigrants, many of whom possessed counterfeit identification documents. "Our...

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The fact that employees are being targeted shows the blatant racism surrounding this issue. Why aren’t the businesses being targeted? These businesses get rich on the blood, sweat, and tears of immigrants and then simply walk away once these folks are arrested and deported. Maybe if enough businesses were targeted, they might change their tune and actually start advocating for more fair immigration laws for undocumented folks? Or, maybe that’s just wishful thinking.

It’s sad that the brunt of these raids are taken by the workers and the employers, who profited from cheap labor, and whose owners are probably trump supporters get off scott free or with a slap on the wrist. The hypocrisy of these businesses and this administration, whose cheeto in chief, hires and continues to employ undocumented workers at his Mar-a-lago resorts and hotels.
These individuals are hard workers, and contribute to society, and the local economy. Most have families that depend on their incomes and now will struggle even harder to survive. The methods and underlying intent of ICE and this administration is no different than the Gestapo during Nazi Germany.